Islamic State breaches peshmerga defenses north of Mosul
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State militants attacked Kurdish peshmerga forces on multiple fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, breaching their defenses and briefly taking over a town, military sources said.
Baby pulled out alive three days after collapse of Kenya building
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Rescue workers pulled a six-month-old baby girl out of the rubble of a building in Kenya’s capital on Tuesday and reunited her with her father, more than three days after it collapsed following days of heavy rain.
Fists fly as Sri Lankan MPs protest changing of the guard for ex-president
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Fists flew in Sri Lanka’s parliament on Tuesday, leaving several members injured, the speaker said, as lawmakers supporting former president Mahinda Rajapaksa protested against a move to replace his military security guards with pol…
Canadian held for second day after social media criticism of Nepal government
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A Canadian computer programmer who has been vocally critical of the government of Nepal on social media has been held for a second day of questioning, a Nepali official said on Tuesday.
Solar-powered plane lands in Arizona on round-the-world flight
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A solar-powered airplane midway through a historic bid to circle the globe completed the 10th leg of its journey on Monday, landing in Arizona after a 16-hour flight from California, the project team said.
France’s Hollande sends labor bill to parliament in face of rebellion
PARIS (Reuters) – After weeks of sometimes violent protests, France’s socialist government sent a bill to parliament on Tuesday that seeks to soften labor laws despite every chance that rebels within President Francois Hollande’s ruling party will shoo…
Clashes near Damascus despite truce there, five killed in Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fighting erupted east of Damascus on overnight Tuesday despite a temporary truce announced by the Syrian army in that area, a war monitor said, and rebel group Jaish al-Islam said it had lost ground to the government there.
China slashes influential Communist Youth League’s budget
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s influential Communist Youth League has had its budget slashed by more than 50 percent for this year, a state-run newspaper reported on Tuesday, after the organization came under fire in official media over graft scandals an…
Turkey to abolish visas for Greek Cypriots as part of EU deal – Turkish official
ANKARA (Reuters) – Greek Cypriots will no longer require visas to visit Turkey under an EU-Turkey agreement on visa liberalization but this does not amount to Turkish recognition of Cyprus, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.
UK voters fear Scottish independence more than leaving EU: poll
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britons are more worried about the prospect of Scotland gaining independence than of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, a poll published on Tuesday found.
